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Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff

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Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff

Original title	Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff
Dynasty	Dating to be verified　late 1200s
Material	Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions	Painting only: 116.5 x 46.4 cm (45 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 203.2 x 63.5 cm (80 x 25 in.)
Current holding institution	The Cleveland Museum of Art
Official accession number	1972.41
HDCM Code	SS 02-840-500142
Dates shown	1928-11-24 – 2023-05-07
Times exhibited	7
Official collection page	Open the museum’s record

Exhibitions this object appeared in

Exhibitions	Host institution	City	Dates shown	Display status	Counted	Evidence
To-So-Gen-Min, II	Tokyo Imperial Museum	Tokyo	1928-11-24 / 1928-12-16	Confirmed exhibited	Yes	B
Year in Review: 1972	The Cleveland Museum of Art	Cleveland	1973-02-27 / 1973-03-18	Confirmed exhibited	Yes	B
The Colors of Ink	Asia House Gallery		1974-01-10 / 1974-03-03	Display status unknown	No	B
The Colors of Ink	The Cleveland Museum of Art	Cleveland	1974-04-09 / 1974-05-12	Display status unknown	No	B
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting	The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art		1980-11-07 / 1981-01-04	Display status unknown	No	B
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting	The Cleveland Museum of Art		1981-02-11 / 1981-03-29	Display status unknown	No	B
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting	Tokyo National Museum		1982-10-04 / 1982-11-17	Display status unknown	No	B
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection	The Cleveland Museum of Art	Cleveland	1991-09-17 / 1992-01-05	Confirmed exhibited	Yes	B
Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)	The Cleveland Museum of Art	Cleveland	2003-10-29 / 2004-03-15	Confirmed exhibited	Yes	B
Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan	Japan Society Gallery	New York	2007-03-22 / 2007-06-17	Confirmed exhibited	Yes	B
Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c	The Cleveland Museum of Art		2017-08-14 / 2018-02-05	Confirmed exhibited	Yes	B
Chinese Buddhist Art Rotation	The Cleveland Museum of Art	Cleveland	2022-11-11 / 2023-05-07	Confirmed exhibited	Yes	B

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